Anne Harlowe was brought up in York, and was lucky enough to go to St Peter’s School. The city, with its rich history and magnificent cathedral, has been an important influence in her life, and has inspired some of her best work. She read English at Leeds University, and did a master’s degree dissertation entitled Jane Austen’s Heroines. Her first attempt at writing for publication was to produce a study guide for Pride and Prejudice, but after about 20 pages she got distracted by writing a short story entitled A Night at Pemberley. This was submitted to a Fan Fiction website and was well-received, encouraging her to attempt further flights of Jane Austen-related fantasy, the most popular of which are Darcy’s Dark Secret and Poet of Pemberley. Not content to hang on to the bonnet-strings of her favourite author, she began writing original works of Regency and Victorian romance, the most recent of which are Captain Cardew’s Conquests and The Romantic Adventures of a Between Maid. The study guide is still unfinished.
The idea for this short story came from the conversation about female accomplishments in Chapter 8 of Pride and Prejudice. I thought it would be interesting to introduce a truly accomplished woman into the company and see what happened. The woman I chose was Emily St. Aubert from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Anne Radcliffe. Of course Udolpho begins in the year 1584, but we must imagine our Emily to be a descendant of the original Emily with all of the same qualities.
Título : Darcy's Love Triangle
EAN : 9798227179760
Editorial : EKP
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